AIBullisharXiv – CS AI · Mar 57/10
🧠Researchers introduce AxelGNN, a new Graph Neural Network architecture inspired by cultural dissemination theory that addresses key limitations of existing GNNs including oversmoothing and poor handling of heterogeneous relationships. The model demonstrates superior performance in node classification and influence estimation while maintaining computational efficiency across both homophilic and heterophilic graphs.
AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 3d ago6/10
🧠Researchers introduce CARE, a framework that evaluates how well large language models can simulate authentic community discourse by analyzing reaction tones to real-world events. The study reveals a persistent "realism gap" where explicit community prompts fail to meaningfully improve LLM simulation fidelity, highlighting that current alignment strategies are insufficient for capturing genuine sociolinguistic dynamics.
AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Apr 146/10
🧠Researchers examining LLM agent behavior in simulated debates discovered a phenomenon called 'agreement drift,' where AI agents systematically shift toward specific positions on opinion scales in ways that don't mirror human behavior. The study reveals critical biases in using LLMs as proxies for human social systems, particularly when modeling minority groups or unbalanced social contexts.
AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Apr 136/10
🧠Researchers introduce AgentSociety, a large-scale simulator using LLM-driven agents to study human behavior and social dynamics. The system simulates over 10,000 agents and 5 million interactions to model real-world social phenomena including polarization, policy impacts, and urban sustainability, demonstrating alignment with actual experimental results.
AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · Apr 136/10
🧠Researchers found that large language models fail to accurately simulate human susceptibility to misinformation, consistently overstating how attitudes drive belief and sharing while ignoring social network effects. The study reveals systematic biases in how LLMs represent misinformation concepts, suggesting they are better tools for identifying where AI diverges from human judgment rather than replacing human survey responses.
AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Mar 116/10
🧠Researchers developed an LLM-agent framework to model how media influences US-China attitudes from 2005-2025, testing three debiasing mechanisms to reduce AI model prejudices. The study found that devil's advocate agents were most effective at producing human-like opinion formation, while revealing geographic biases tied to AI models' origins.
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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Mar 35/104
🧠Researchers have created GGSS Personas, a comprehensive collection of survey-derived persona prompts based on the German General Social Survey that helps Large Language Models simulate human perspectives more accurately. The collection enables LLMs to generate responses aligned with the German population and outperforms existing classifiers, particularly when training data is limited.
AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Mar 44/102
🧠Researchers developed a multi-agent platform using large language models to study affective polarization in social media through virtual communities. The framework addresses limitations of real-world studies by creating simulated environments where AI agents engage in discussions to analyze political and social divisions.
AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Mar 25/107
🧠A research position paper examines the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) in agent-based social simulations, highlighting both opportunities and limitations. The study proposes Hybrid Constitutional Architectures that combine classical agent-based models with small language models and LLMs to balance expressive flexibility with analytical transparency.
